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hygroscopy

hygroscopy noun: the ability of a substance to attract and hold water molecules from the surrounding environment.

Noun

hygroscopy (uncountable)

  1. The ability of a substance to attract and hold water molecules from the surrounding environment.

hygroscopy meaning in Tamil and Tagalog

hygroscopy in Tamil

நீர்ப்படலமை

hygroscopy in Tagalog

ability of a substance to attract and hold water
paghulas

Origin of hygroscopy

From French hygroscopie.

Questions about hygroscopy

What does hygroscopy mean?
Hygroscopy means the ability of a substance to attract and hold water molecules from the surrounding environment.
What is hygroscopy in Tamil?
Hygroscopy in Tamil is நீர்ப்படலமை. See Hygroscopy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hygroscopy?
Hygroscopy is a noun.

Words near hygroscopy in the dictionary

  1. hygroscopic
  2. hygroscopical
  3. hygroscopically
  4. hygroscopicities
  5. hygroscopicity
  6. hygroscopy
  7. hygrosensation
  8. hygrosensillum
  9. hygrosensitive
  10. hygrosensory
  11. hygrostat

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hygroscopy (page history and authors); hygroscopy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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